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Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 08-26-2003, 02:15 PM:
I felt inspired after the thread of favorite movie quote.
So what are some film-techers' favorite quotes??
A few of mine...
"Mass hypnosis. In a very orthodox form known as 'education'." ~Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
"We're all strangers again! Folks, I"ve just forgot the biggest gumption trap of all. The funeral procession! The one everybody's in, this hyped-up, fuck-you, supermodern, ego style of life that thinks it owns this country. We've been out of it for so long I'd forgotten all about it." ~Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
"Woke up this morning to the stinging lash,
Every man rise from the ash,
Each betrayal begins with trust,
Every man returns to dust," ~Farmhouse (Phish)
"There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain." ~the Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
"Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing we could and perhaps should not do." ~the Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
'Three fingers hold the pen, but the whole body works.' ~random ancient proverb
"Had I not known that I was dead, I would have mourned my loss of life." ~a 13th century monk
"Mothers are the necessity of invention!" ~'Calvin' of Bill Waterson's Calvin and Hobbes
"Artists can color the sky red because they know it is blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid." ~Jules Feiffer
"Love is an evil trick that nature plays on people to get them to breed." ~???
"Tell him I've been too fucking busy - or vice versa." ~Dorothy Parker
"When choosing between two evils, I always choose the one I haven't tried before." ~Mae West
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent." ~'Qui-Gon Jinn', the Phantom Menace
"Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum"
(I think I think therefore I think I am) ~"Velocia"
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Posted by Sam Hunter (Member # 1119) on 08-26-2003, 02:21 PM:
"I tell ya, I get no respect"
Rodney Dangerfield
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-26-2003, 03:06 PM:
"If it works, don't fix it."
- unknown
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
- unknown
"Take care of the shop, and the shop will take care of you."
- Benjamin Franklin
"It's people! Soylent Green is people!!"
"Damn you all to hell!"
- Charlton Heston
Posted by Gordon Bachlund (Member # 124) on 08-26-2003, 06:40 PM:
"When you step on toes today, be sure they are not connected to an ass you may have to kiss tomorrow."
Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-26-2003, 07:10 PM:
My favorite quote of all time is:
"Wherever you leak, the world hangs a bucket." - Gallagher
Posted by Sean M. Grimes (Member # 445) on 08-27-2003, 02:07 AM:
"That's not an accent, that's a lack of syllables!" ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Myself.
Posted by Jeff Stricker (Member # 224) on 08-27-2003, 06:48 AM:
"He lived DOWN to my expectations" annon
Posted by Gordon Bachlund (Member # 124) on 08-27-2003, 05:52 PM:
"He has delusions of adequacy." -anon.
Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 08-28-2003, 01:16 AM:
"Strike smartly with spanner."
-- Factory workshop manual instructions for brake master cylinder repair for I think the Jag E-type
Posted by Don Bruechert (Member # 1538) on 08-28-2003, 10:59 AM:
Kudos on the Soylent Green one!
"Those of you who think you know ALL about EVERYTHING are very annoying to those of us who do"
"He's a legend in his own mind"
"He who fart in church sit in own pew"
"Avoid hangovers ... Wear a bra"
"Do as I say, not as I do" ~most parental units!
Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-28-2003, 05:53 PM:
Did you ever notice you never seem to get laid on Thanksgiving? I think it's because all the coats are on the bed. - George Carlin
And another Carlin: The reason the mainstream is referred to as a "stream" is because of its shallowness.
Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 08-28-2003, 06:18 PM:
"It's been my lifelong ambition to be a movie usher, and I have failed, as far as I am concerned" - Bob Dylan
Jerry: You ever tell anyone you loved them before?
George: Once, to a dog. He licked himself and left the room.
"Get down!" Arnold Schwartzenegger
"A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." George Lucas
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." Moulin Rouge
"Everyman dies, not everyman really lives." Braveheart
Posted by Jesse August (Member # 1798) on 08-28-2003, 08:19 PM:
" Keep on, keeping on."
Posted by Nic Margherio (Member # 273) on 08-28-2003, 08:57 PM:
"Fuck it Dude, let's go bowling"
-Walter Sobchack (John Goodman)
Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 08-28-2003, 10:01 PM:
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined" Henry David Thoreau
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for..." Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society (can you tell I'm an English Major?)
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." -Frank Sinatra
"Imagination is more important than knowledge..." Albert Einstein
Posted by Stephen Brown (Member # 292) on 08-29-2003, 07:18 AM:
Robin Williams on making a special Effects movie.....
"Making a special effects movie is like masturbating with a Cheese Grater. Sure at the start its all new and interesting, but as it goes on it just turns into a real pain...."
Steve Brown
Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 11-25-2004, 07:21 AM:
It has been 454 days since the last post.
Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 11-25-2004, 07:21 AM:
I'd forgotten about this one, which folks here may like:
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